System and method of instructing musical notation for a stringed instrument

1. A method of instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument, comprising the steps of: a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first mode, including a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially along a vertical extreme of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including: a first linear away representing a first string having a first frequency range; a second linear array representing a second string having a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range overlaps the first frequency range associated with a string; and a plurality of note positions, each note position having a corresponding fingerboard position on the input instrument; wherein the first linear array, the second linear array, and the plurality of note positions form a grid; b) displaying the first linear away and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear away and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned; c) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, and represented by at least one game object; and d) directing the game object in substantially vertical and substantially straight trajectory, toward a note position on the virtual fingerboard corresponding to the musical notes.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising rotating the virtual fingerboard interface according to a third mode, wherein the virtual fingerboard interface is rotated approximately ninety (90) degrees such that the virtual fingerboard is positioned substantially on a left side of the interface, and the game object continues to move along the substantially straight trajectory toward the virtual fingerboard.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a third linear away and not displaying the first linear away and the second linear array according to a fourth mode, wherein the third linear array includes a third frequency range, the third frequency range substantially including both the first frequency range and the second frequency range.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising displaying the third linear array according to a fifth mode, wherein at least two different note frequencies are displayed along a substantially similar trajectory.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game object comprises a visual note group indicator configured to visually indicate to a user a simultaneous play of two or more notes.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the visual note group indicator comprises a visual connector, configured to visually connect the two or more notes in a note group.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a playing field, wherein the vertical axis of the playing field simultaneously represents string selection and timing.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising coding the virtual fingerboard, the coding being indexed to a chromatic scale.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising coding each fingerboard position on the input instrument, indexed to the coding of the virtual fingerboard.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the coding comprises colors.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying at least one fingerboard position indicator along the top portion of the input instrument configured to provide to a user a reference of the plurality of fingerboard positions.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fingerboard position indicator is color coded indexed to the color coding of the virtual fingerboard.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising awarding a value to the user based on the user striking the corresponding note position on the input instrument approximately simultaneously with the collisions.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising colliding the game object with the corresponding note position according to the rhythmic pattern of the arrangement.

15. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code for instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument and configured to execute on a processor, the program code including instructions for performing the steps of: a) generating the graphical user interface, having a first mode, including a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially along a vertical extreme of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including: a1) a first linear array representing a first string having a first frequency range; a2) a second linear array representing a second string having a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range overlaps the first frequency range; and a3) a plurality of note positions, each note position having a corresponding fingerboard position on the input instrument; a4) wherein the first linear array, the second linear array, and the plurality of note positions form a grid; b) displaying the first linear away and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear away and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned; c) incorporating a music file into the graphical user interface, wherein the music file contains data corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of musical notes in sequence, having a rhythmic pattern, and represented by at least one game object; and d) directing the game object in substantially vertical and substantially straight trajectory, toward a note position on the virtual fingerboard corresponding to the musical notes.

16. A system for instructing a user to read musical notation through interaction with a graphical user interface and an input instrument representative of a stringed instrument, the system comprising: a) a display module configured to display data; b) an input instrument module representative of a stringed instrument in communication with the display module, the input instrument module having a fingerboard, the fingerboard including a plurality of note positions, each note position being color indexed to a chromatic scale; c) a control module in communication with the display module, and comprising instructions for directing the display module; d) a graphical user interface module, the graphical user interface module comprising instructions for: d1) generating a virtual fingerboard positioned substantially at a top portion of the interface, the virtual fingerboard including: d1a) a first linear array representing a first string having a first frequency range; d1b) a second linear array representing a second string having a second frequency range, wherein the second frequency range overlaps the first frequency range; and d1c) a plurality of note positions, each note position having a corresponding fingerboard position on the input instrument, wherein the first linear array, the second linear array, and the plurality of note positions form a grid; and d2) displaying the first linear away and the second linear array in a second mode such that portions of the first linear array and the second linear array having overlapping frequency ranges are substantially vertically aligned.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising a music data storage module in communication with the control, and configured to store music data.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the graphical user interface module further comprises instructions for coding the virtual fingerboard, the coding being indexed to a chromatic scale.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the input instrument further comprises at least one fingerboard position indicator along the top portion of the input instrument configured to provide to a user a reference of the plurality of fingerboard positions.